Medium severity4.9NVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-5519
CVE-2018-5519
Description
On F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.1.0.5, 12.1.0-12.1.3.3, or 11.2.1-11.6.3.1, administrative users by way of undisclosed methods can exploit the ssldump utility to write to arbitrary file paths. For users who do not have Advanced Shell access (for example, any user when licensed for Appliance Mode), this allows more permissive file access than intended.
Affected products
2- F5, Inc./Big Ip (ltm, Aam, Afm, Analytics, Apm, Asm, DNS, Edge Gateway, Fps, Gtm, Link Controller, Pem, Webaccelerator)cpe-rescueRange: 13.0.0-13.1.0.5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040803nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- support.f5.com/csp/article/K46121888nvdVendor Advisory
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